Pathway to Excellence®

Find out more about our course offerings in the course catalog. NEW! ANCC is now offering the Pathway to Excellence®, a Web-based overview of the Pathway to Excellence® program. You will be able to work with the contents of this course from your computer – anytime, anywhere. All you need is access to the Web and a sound card with speakers or headphones. This course is approximately 1 hour in duration and includes audio narration. There are no continuing education contact hours affiliated with this course.

What material does the program include?

Information covered in this course includes:

  • History of the Pathway to Excellence® Program
  • Elements of nursing practice in Pathway to Excellence® standards
  • Creating a working environment that supports nursing readiness
  • Program essentials and the application process
  • Introduction to shared governance and its application to Pathway to Excellence®
  • Readiness planning

What technical capabilities do I need?

All you need to get going is an e-mail address, access to the Internet and the ability to print the course material. For minimum technical requirements, please click this link.

How much does it cost?

This course is designed for purchase at the facility level. Minimum purchase is $600 for 10 individual user enrollments at $60 per user. Users can access the course individually for a period of ninety days.

The ANCC can provide price incentives for purchases of 20 or more enrollments. Please contact livesemr@ana.org for purchase and/or discount pricing of 20 or more enrollments.

Contact Hours are not available for this course.

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If your facility has purchased Pathway to Excellence® and provided you with an enrollment code, you may enter the code via a link on your Course Menu page, accessible by clicking "Access My Courses" on the left menu. If you have not already done so, you will be asked to log in, or to register if you are a new user. 

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Important:

If you are a returning user, please enter your existing log-in and password during the purchase process. If you are a new user, you will create a log-in and a password during the purchase process and these will serve as your log-in and password for the course.

If you have technical, enrollment, or payment questions or problems, please contact the ANCC Support Helpdesk at ANCChelp@learnsomething.com or 877.399.4925. Normal business hours for support are Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Eastern Time; you may contact our afterhours support desk at 866.998.2423.

For assistance with course content or CE submission process (where applicable), please contact the Education Program Specialist at livesemr@ana.org.

Please note that all support is conducted in English only.

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